Category: Articles
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By Selwyn Duke Could the Republicans say, paraphrasing Mark Twain, that rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated? Recent history of polling missteps and abuses — and a new story illustrating this problem — suggests that maybe they can. As many know, the Democrats have been counting on a “blue wave” to wash away their…
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By Selwyn Duke So often today we use weasel words, terms that just aren’t, you might say, “up to the challenge.” We may state that something is “inappropriate,” “suboptimal,” “problematic,” “misguided,” or “inadvisable” — even if it’s downright wicked. But not so with Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. He’s urging Catholics…
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By Selwyn Duke “Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians,” warned intellectual Thomas Sowell, “who must be civilized before it is too late.” And much we’ve seen for many years now raises a question: Is it already too late? With video-recording devices everywhere today, we get to witness…
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By Selwyn Duke An interesting thing happened years ago when undercover reporters, posing as an anti-firearms group, approached liberal journalist Bob Braun with a large sign stating, “THIS HOME IS PROUDLY GUN FREE.” They wanted to know: Would you support the cause and display it on your lawn? “I agree with you and I am…
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By Selwyn Duke Call it the Trotsky treatment, the Robespierre rub out, the Kronstadt-sailor stamp out. New York City’s avowedly socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has just learned something the hard way. You can never be pure enough for that ever-morphing malignancy: a left-wing revolution. The issue? The mayor has incurred the wrath of anti-Israel demonstrators…
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By Selwyn Duke Are we seeing a return to the days when “gay” meant happy? While I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that, a societal transition is afoot. Sexual devolutionary (“LGB”) identification, once all the rage among young people, is now diminishing. The group leading the decline is, too, the same group inordinately responsible…
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By Selwyn Duke What would you say upon hearing that 43 percent of a young demographic in America views Sharia law positively? Perhaps you’d complain about the rate of immigration exceeding the rate of assimilation. Now consider this: That 43 percent is young likely American voters in general — not just Muslim Americans. Now, perhaps…
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By Selwyn Duke It’s common, and tempting, to dismiss one’s political opponents as “stupid.” Liberals may call conservatives “mouth-breathers” or “MAGA-billies,” while conservatives may hurl pejoratives such as “libtards” or “Dumbocrats.” This can be emotionally pleasing and sometimes, perhaps, even rhetorically effective. But does conservatives’ “stupidity” narrative blind them to darker realities and deeper dangers?
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By Selwyn Duke The identity of the co-pilot who tried to violently take over a flydubai jet Wednesday hasn’t been released. Yet there’s now information indicating he was, as a source puts it, a “religious extremist.” And, no, this doesn’t mean a Quaker or Anabaptist. Many officials believe the Omani co-pilot, presumably a jihadist-minded Muslim,…
